This question not only intrigues me, it is very important to me. At this point in my journey, what I call the last chapter of my life, I want to be the best…most authentic version of myself. I want my experiences…all the pain…all the loss…all the suffering…to mean something. To, at the very least, mean that I learned something about me…what I believe…what I think…what I want…and how that matters when I look upon the face of another. What do I see? Do I see myself? Do I see their true self?
Namaste in Sanskrit means ‘I bow to you’. Over the years I have reflected upon this meaning and considered how it translates for me. On a spiritual level, I prefer to consider another as an extension of God…an extension of myself because I believe we are all connected…there is no separation. Sure, we ‘think’ we are separate because we occupy separate bodies…but, is that really who we are? I think not. I think it is merely the perception of this time and space. So, another translation of Namaste could be…the God in me bows to the God in you...
